Toy watch



Jan. 9, 1923. l

y s. c. VINCENT. 1,441,389

OY WATCH.

FILED MAn.2|.1922.

Patented Jan. 9, 1923.

SIDNEY C. VINCENT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

TOY WATCH.

Application filed March 21, 1922. Serial No. 545,513.

To all whom t may conce/1%.'

Be it known that SIDNEY C. VINCENT, citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland, has invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Toy YWatches. of vwhich the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements lin toy watches.

The object of the invention is to provide a very cheap construction embodying a mechanism which may, by a winding stein, be set in motion, and which will run for a short time, the mechanism being combined with a dial, and hands which traverse the dial for a number of revolutions, the whole structure simulating as nearly as possible a real Watch so as to more elfectuallv furnish amusement for children.

As a further object of the invention, which has to do with affording additional amusement and making the whole device more attractive as a toy, I provide without materially increasing the cost of thc structure, a sounding device in the way of a gong or bell, which device may be sounded when the watch is being wound. or when it is running down, either or both.

A still further object of the invention is to provide, so as to increase the amusing possibilities of the toy, means for successively and quickly exhibiting pictures or designations through the dial of the watch as it is either being wound or when is run down.

In the drawing illustrating the invention t Fig. 1 is a i'ront elevation of the watch.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the case looking toward the rear side ot the front plate.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the front plate with the vibrator, frame and escapement wheel being removed showing the arrangement of the winding train, and also the f formation of the central portion olfthe spring, which cooperates with parts carried by the front of the escapement wheel, whereby the sp1-ing and escapement wheel are connected.

Fig. 4 is a detail broken sectional view of the central portion of the Watch showing the manner of connecting the main driving gear, spring and escapement Wheel.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the upper part of the front plate.

Fig. 6 is a iront view of the escapement wheel.

F ig. 7 is a view of the front side of the main winding gear showing thereon a. series of pictures.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the watch as a whole, which is provided with a front plate 2, which has suitably attached thereto a watch dial The numeral 7 designates the central sha-ft or arbor, to the Jfront end of Which is attached the hands. The rear end of this shaft is supported in a bracket 8, which comprises in the main a straight arm 9, and a curved arm 10. This bracket is supported upon posts or standards 11, 12 and 13, which in the stamping operation of the front plate are struck up, and each standard is provided with a short tongue 14, which in assembling the parts are extended through slots in the bracket and bent over upon the bracket. whereby the bracket is securelyy attached to the front plate (best shown in Fig. 2).

The numeral 15 designates the main driving gear wheel, which is secured to the shaft 7. This gear is in mesh with a pinion 16 mounted upon a shaft 17, which has a bearing in a bracket 1S at one end, and in the plate Q at the other. The numeral 19 designates the winding wheel mounted on the lower end oit' the winding stem 20 which is provided outside the casing with the winding head 21. This stem 20 is, when the parts are assembled, supported in a slot 22 in a small rearwardly extending plate 23 struck up upon the front plate 2, and is held in place when the parts are assembled by the front edge of the slot, and the rear part of the casing. The driving gear 15 has struck up thereon a number of lugs 24, which form a boundary for the coil spring 25. The outer end of the spring, as shown in Fig. 3, is bent over one of the lugs 24, and thereby attached to said lug, and the other or inner end of this spring, embraces a number of lugs 26, struck up on the front side 'of the escapement wheel 26.

The numeral 2T designates a balance arm or vibrator, which is suitably weighted. One end of this arm is pivoted at 28 in the arm 10 of the bracket 8, and at this point the arm is provided with an anchor or pallets 29, Whose ends are adapted to engage successively the teeth of the escapement Wheel 26 in the running down or unwinding movement of the mechanism.

in order to permit the 'free Vibration ci the balance arm, a slot 30 is pixwidedY i'or the passage of the arbor sha'lit T, and the y tor is `i'urthcr provided With a striker or bell clapper 3i adapted to contact in the Vibration ci the arm with a bell 32 secured in proper position on the iront plate 2.

rllhe numeral $33 designates a stop having a pin 3e adapted to extend through a slot in the casing, This stop is adapted to be pushed inwardly so that its inner eno. is brought Within the path oi movement. of the bell clapper, and thus arrest the movement oit the Vibrator, and for that flatter the whole mechanism, when the Watch is being wound may be held against moi/ement, and after the Watch is ii-found, the stop may be Wihdraan to permit the mechanism Vto run down, and in doing so, sound the gong and erhibit the pictures. c

lt 'will be understood that all the mechanism covered by a baci: piece, which together with the 'liront plate orme the casing),` ior the mechanism, and this back piece may be oit any suitable construction or coniiguration, and attached to the `front plate in any suitable manner.

The numeral. designates an opening through 'the dial and front plate orn the Watch, and in` the movement of the mecha nism, the pictures 36 on the Winding gear Wheel pass rapidly and successively past this oi'piening, so that a number ci amusing` possibilities are incident to the construction. l? or ins ,anca-the pictures me be such that in passing the opening rapidly a moving picture eiect may be produced as where the pictures are 017i the same subject in slightly varying attitudes, and this may be arranged as fancy may dictate.

.l desire it understood that l do not limit myself to the precise construction of the means ifor attaching and assembling,` the Various parts ci the mechanism, and in a construction oi" this sort, it is to be understood that the use o' threaded posts and complicated supports are to be done away with, and the Whole structure so ita-r as 'fastening and securing devices are concer ed, are struck up from tie Various parts, and the struck up portions are to cooperate with slots made in other parts, Which construction simpliiics and cheapens the construction :is a Whole.

Claims:

l. A toy Watch, a plate, a bracket inoun ted on standards on said plate, a main Winding :unerase gear wheel, an escapement Wheel, a coil spring interijiosed betn'eenthe itinding,v gear and the escapemcnt wheel, one end oi' said springl beinp` connected with the escapement wheel, and' the other with the gear wheel, an osc'llating balance arm pivoted to the bracket, said arm having adjacent to its pivot an anchor whose ends successively engage the teeth ci the escapement Wheel, said balance arm extending beyond the bracket and being provided with, a slot to limit the oscillating movement of the balancel arm, and a suitable Winding,- means.

2. lh. tion, a iront plate hai/ing1 a dial on the ircnt face thereoii, an arbor shait having hands tiaversing the iface, a bracket mounted on suitable standards on the plate, and forming' bearing; 'for the rear end or' the arbor shaft, an escapement Wheel, main winding gear, an oscillating balance arm pivotedat one end in the bracket, and provided adjacent its pivot with an anchor whose ends successively engage'the teeth ci the` esca-pement Wheel,

Le balance arm extending at its .iiree end eyond the escapement Wheel, and provided with striking' means, a sounding, device in the path oi increment of said arm, wherein?r a bell sound may? be produced incident to the runnin@` ai the mechanism.

.in a toy watch, in combination, a iront mounted on suitable standshair, a coil spring` interposed betweenr vthe two wheels, and hating connectionwith each, an oscilltotingbalance arm piyoted to the braclrct at one end and havingt adjacent its pivot an anchor, Whose ends successively en'- gage the teeth of the escapement wheel, said arm being provided with a slot :tor the reception or thc arbor shalt, whereby the oscillating increment oi' the arm is limited, said arm le ending beyond the escapeineut "wheel and ovided with a striker, a soundinp device in the path oi' movement or the si er, suitable winding means, a `dial on the iront of the plate having suitable design nations thereon, and hands secured to the arbor shaft and adapted to traverse the dial.

in testimony whereof i aiiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.`

hilllliilif (l. VINUEF.

Wi tnesses Criss. Manen, T. W. JOHNSON.

toy VWatch comprising in coinbilil'. 

